Someday we'll have our Braun Strowman 4hp. Someday.

I am not a doctor though I did do a medical practicum as a dentist for a month. So that's pretty close right?

Although, after reading this thread I will come down in favor of cutting the skin off of eggplant after cooking. Indeed, it is easier to cook it with the skin still on, but after that it's, in my experience, far too likely that you'll encounter an unpleasant tasting bit of skin at some point whilst eating the eggplant, that it's best to just cut it off after cooking and avoid the whole thing.

So, we had a 30 minute+ pregame tonight and had quite a lot more viewers than normal.

Granted, it was Ascent Vs. Froyo, so that match sells itself, but do ya'll think it's helpful to have an elongated pregame to allow more word of mouth to spread? Or was it simply an aberration and stick to going live 15 minutes before posted time?

Sound off tf2 community.

I've literally eaten carrots straight out of the ground with just barely hosing them off as a washing solution - I am still alive and have suffered no ill effects.

Nerf the crossbow so people die when they should.

But in all seriousness, the round timer being dropped a bit could disincentivize the eternal hold which is far more prevalent in the European rule set - because their timer matters more.

In my primary role as a caster now, the most important thing is not to complain about there being a stalemate - because that's not fun for anybody. Maybe things that teams do are frustrating to me, but I'm typically not going to let the audience in on that unless there is movement occurring - because then it's part of the story "Oh! So and so made a big mistake! Now look at them!" that's fine, but "oh boy here is another stalemate!!!" sucks all of the fun out of everything.

So a few things:

During stalemates, it's ok to take a breather and not talk for a while - with E-sports casting in particular there is far too much emphasis on the casters *constantly* talking, there's nothing wrong with letting the game play out without people talking over it and pauses between casters.

If it's going to be a long obvious stalemate (particularly in bus park situations), have things to talk about that show off either the player's personality/history, or the casters' history/personality - because as a caster you *can* make a stalemate fun for the viewer by imparting those sorts of stories.

If a long pause occurs try to get in touch with somebody on one of the teams - usually that kind of sucks because lots of people simply go off-line when they play, so as a player, if your match is being casted, and the pause lasts longer than 3-5 minutes, it behooves you to go back online and get with *somebody* who can get in touch with the casters and let them know what is going on, because we should be more willing to cut it to music when a pause goes long. It keeps the casters fresh because a super long pause will exhaust their repertoire and they'll drown if they have to pause-talk for 15+ minutes and then have a stalemate immediately after (which in a lot of situations is the polite thing to do even).

I live in a swamp in a glorified ogre hut and thus don't lock my doors ever.

It does and did work for a fairly long period of time. Every time you drive on a public road you're using the evil communisms.

Anyhow, the idea that people have a right to their personal details not being public record is some sort of modern fantasy - if you own any sort of substantial property (car with loan or a house, or a tract of land), or even rent substantial property (apartment), that fact, your name, and most of your personal details (age, sex, not to mention criminal history, etc) are matters of public record which can be found by anybody who wants to do so. Also if you work, it's not terribly difficult to find out where either, being as this is typically a matter of public record as well. The only way to avoid this is to squat on empty land somewhere and hope nobody ever finds you, work in some capacity with the military, some police roles, or intelligence services, or move very, very frequently. Of course things like facebook - where people freely advertise these details - can also make for a few less phone calls, but it doesn't change the fact that this is public information.

The question is should major media organizations utilize some measure of restraint. Honestly, that's entirely up to their own ethical standards - as the majority of the information mentioned (name, age, place of residence, criminal history) are public record - anybody who knows your name and has some idea where you live, to narrow their search can find you if they want to; they're merely making a whole lot of people aware of these facts. Now, I think, but could be wrong on this, that you *could* show some sort of criminal intent if you say we'll give these details to x party who means to do you harm - but even still they could find it for themselves easily enough.

MW up is primary slot
MW Down is melee slot
F is secondary.

your command prompt

windows key + R, to get your run window, then type cmd and hit enter. Type the commands in the command prompt. But since you're on wifi, it's likely just wifi being wifi.

Here is the deal - since your earbud is already broken, you can't make it worse. So your choices are to fix it or buy new ones.

Here is how to fix it

Tools you need:

Wire strippers and cutters (usually it's an all in one package), electrical tape, a soldering iron, and tinning/solder.

Carefully disassemble the ear bud - you may be able to find youtube videos or guides on how to do this without breaking anything. Strip the insulation off of any wires you find PARTICULARLY near where the plastic bits of the earbud meet the wire (that's usually where breakage occurs). Eventually you'll find frayed wire.

Once you've found your offending wire, cut it. Then, take your freshly cut ends of wire together again, and start twisting them together with your fingers (twist them in opposite directions). If the wire is brittle you'll need to be careful or you'll break it all over again.

Once it's nice and tight, heat your soldering iron, and apply a few drops of solder/tinning to the wire where you twisted it together (to keep it in place). You don't need a big glob just a small bit. Once that's all done, tape everything up and if necessary reassemble the ear bud - and test it out. If you still don't have audio in your earbud, you've either screwed up somehow or there is another break somewhere else that you will have to find. It may also be possible, depending on how adept you are with wire cutters to preserve MOST of the insulation for the wiring, so you can have a nicer looking end product and not a big wad of electrical tape.

Also, if you get further down the wire make sure you keep the left and right wire separate lol.

It may seem like a lot of work but soldering is a *really* nice skill to have if you're into electronics because it can lead to being able to massively expand the life-time of most devices that rely on wiring, soldered connections (mechanical keyboards for example) or allow you to create frakenstein-esq monstrosities out of old disused peripherals. .

If you're not wired it could be interference with the wifi, or whatever device you're using to get wifi - wifi is by its very nature not as stable as a wire and you will have ping variation no matter what.

If you're using wired internet, it may be the cable itself - sometimes things happen and they go bad try to isolate that problem, if you plugged in with your old PC and it was fine, then we can rule that out.

It *could* be whatever sort of internet controller you have on your mOBO.

But, I would vote, far more likely (if you aren't using wifi), is that you have some kind of malware/spyware that is utilizing your internet connection periodically to send or receive data. It happens sometimes, and it can really tank a connection for a brief moment if it's trying to send or receive a lot of data at once. It would be a good idea to boot in safe mode with networking and try running the following command:

ping www.google.com -n 50. If you don't get any ping variation in the test, up the number to something higher, -n 1000 or something and let it run for a good long while and see if you can get it to replicate the ping variation. If you don't have any trouble after repeated tests, I'd wager it's malware using your connection (safe mode may or may not, but usually restricts such malware from booting).

Generally when one resorts to striking a child it's because they've lost control of both the child and themselves. I've not had to discipline my son beyond raising my voice or having him do work solo in ~6 years (he is 9). It's unnecessary when one takes the time to utilize alternative methods of coercion and explain why one must not do xyz thing again. But most people want to just give the kiddo a few quick wacks and assume their job is done instead of taking an hour or more out of their day to properly explain things and have them do something else or leave public situations when they misbehave.

The easiest example - is so many parents just let kids cry it out in stores or wack them (here at least it's more socially acceptable to physically discipline a child in public) a bit. When mine acted up for the first time he was around 2 1/2, and he began to cry because he wanted a Super Mario plush-toy that I refused to buy him, and so I simply said "Tell the store bye-bye because you're never going to see it again." He didn't take my threat seriously and that's how he never went into another store that had toys in it for 2 years. It took some extra planning on my part, and it was mighty inconvenient, but once the restriction was lifted he has never again even SUGGESTED that he might try to cause a scene as a way of forcing me to buy him something.

My first ever mentee, came a long way, took a break, and now is back. Dedicated and fairly easy going.

The biggest tip I can give for getting through pre-game, because you never really know how long it could last so it's pointless to plan a LOT of material in advance because the game may just start out of the blue on you if your teams are on the ball. So the best thing to do is like 15-20 minutes before you go live, have a look at the teams and try to construct a narrative you're going to pitch for the pre-game. You can drop it the second the match starts if it's not convenient or you could hark back to it as the match progresses if things play out that way. Here are a few examples of simple things:

x team has a poor record... so they really need to win this game, talk about factors that may or may not contribute to this much needed victory. If you're still not live, bring up reasons why the other team wont let that happen and how they're going to dominate poor sad team x.

Y. team is super duper good and always has been. Just look at them! Tonight is the night to see some real dominant tf2 the way it's meant to be played. That way you've set the audience up for a REALLY great surprise if team Y crumbles and loses.

Y team is super duper good, but you had better watch out because team Z is a hungry rival this may be the best match of the season.

A and B teams are struggling this season so either could really use a win then see example one for how to proceed.

etc etc. You may not have to use it at all, but if you're at a loss for what to talk about those are some great fall backs that can help pass the time until everybody gets their computers and connections sorted.

If you're *still* not live talk about the map. Its history, things people like to do on it, EU gimmicks you've witnessed.

If you're STILL not live talk about whatever games you've been playing or shows you've watched. I've only had to do this twice in my whole career but it's good to know when to pull the trigger on it lol.

So, that template above should kind of set you on your road instead of having to think of something real quick like and having to pause or stutter. On the bright side, most post-production viewers don't bother watching the pre-game so people won't usually know! :D

Cool to see an attempt to work on some of the more wonky items we've got in the game lol. The crossbow change is really interesting too.